Seamus Enright
@mickquinas.bsky.social
United Methodist Elder, Northern Illinois. Poetry, music, and carpentry. Dogs, cats, and horses.
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Seamus Enright
@mickquinas.bsky.social
· Nov 27
I was at a shitty crustpunk bar once getting an after-work beer. One of those shitholes where the bartenders clearly hate you. So the bartender and I were ignoring one another when someone sits next to me and he immediately says, "no. get out."
This is the thread.
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Good morning, beloved.
Release what you must.
Steward what you can.
Be generous in all.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
Release what you must.
Steward what you can.
Be generous in all.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
February 5, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Good morning, beloved.
Release what you must.
Steward what you can.
Be generous in all.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
Release what you must.
Steward what you can.
Be generous in all.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
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A community is devastated after ICE raids an LA church and arrests a congregant during a church event.
“This was a violation of our Sacred Right to Worship and Serve our Lord Jesus Christ Freely and Safely.” ~ Church officials, in a press release
“This was a violation of our Sacred Right to Worship and Serve our Lord Jesus Christ Freely and Safely.” ~ Church officials, in a press release
February 2, 2026 at 8:59 PM
A community is devastated after ICE raids an LA church and arrests a congregant during a church event.
“This was a violation of our Sacred Right to Worship and Serve our Lord Jesus Christ Freely and Safely.” ~ Church officials, in a press release
“This was a violation of our Sacred Right to Worship and Serve our Lord Jesus Christ Freely and Safely.” ~ Church officials, in a press release
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I testified Friday before Gov. Pritzker's commission studying abuses of ICE and CBP and tried to explain how the agencies went so far off track. It's actually way worse than I ever realized. Please read and share my testimony as Congress considers reform: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
Accountability for ICE and CBP
However bad you think the corruption and misconduct at ICE and CBP is — the reality is far far worse.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 1, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I testified Friday before Gov. Pritzker's commission studying abuses of ICE and CBP and tried to explain how the agencies went so far off track. It's actually way worse than I ever realized. Please read and share my testimony as Congress considers reform: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
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Our world is in desperate need of faith leaders committed to offering both a word of resistance to systemic evil and faith-rooted hope for all that is going on in our world. –Richard W. Voelz (From Pulpit to Public Square, 2025)
January 30, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Our world is in desperate need of faith leaders committed to offering both a word of resistance to systemic evil and faith-rooted hope for all that is going on in our world. –Richard W. Voelz (From Pulpit to Public Square, 2025)
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TL;DR there is a role for you in this work that is at a pace you can handle. Find your lane.
January 28, 2026 at 9:03 PM
TL;DR there is a role for you in this work that is at a pace you can handle. Find your lane.
We're almost out of January, but we're certainly not out of musical settings for Psalm 130. How are you practicing hope?
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Psalm 130 (Martytdom)
YouTube video by Meesterlijk
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January 30, 2026 at 3:58 AM
We're almost out of January, but we're certainly not out of musical settings for Psalm 130. How are you practicing hope?
youtu.be/JIYkYbPSe0M?...
youtu.be/JIYkYbPSe0M?...
Did you think that I had run out of musical settings for Psalm 130? Not at all...
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The Psalm Library | Psalm 130 (Out of the Depths) [OFFICIAL VIDEO] feat. Ariel McMahon
YouTube video by Center for Worship Leadership
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January 28, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Did you think that I had run out of musical settings for Psalm 130? Not at all...
youtu.be/VvNIMvjol1E?...
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Sir Terry had a brilliant insight, and this is a particularly good and relevant example.
Discworld QOTD, from Carpe Jugulum
January 26, 2026 at 4:28 AM
Sir Terry had a brilliant insight, and this is a particularly good and relevant example.
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Thank you, Amanda Gorman.
January 25, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Thank you, Amanda Gorman.
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they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.
January 24, 2026 at 7:48 PM
they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.
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If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
January 12, 2026 at 9:36 PM
If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
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A blessing for this evening. From the Black Rock Prayer Book.
January 22, 2026 at 2:58 AM
A blessing for this evening. From the Black Rock Prayer Book.
What My Mom’s Dementia Tells Me www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/19/w...
What My Mom's Dementia Tells Me - emptywheel
My mom's getting the intervention and continuous care she needs. But this post isn't about my mother.
www.emptywheel.net
January 21, 2026 at 9:38 PM
What My Mom’s Dementia Tells Me www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/19/w...
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I am not an optimist. I am a prisoner of hope. ~ Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; today I declare that I will restore to you double.
Zechariah 9:12 NRSV
Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; today I declare that I will restore to you double.
Zechariah 9:12 NRSV
January 20, 2026 at 9:18 AM
I am not an optimist. I am a prisoner of hope. ~ Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; today I declare that I will restore to you double.
Zechariah 9:12 NRSV
Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; today I declare that I will restore to you double.
Zechariah 9:12 NRSV
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As we remember Dr. King…
January 19, 2026 at 4:52 PM
As we remember Dr. King…
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In Ps. 67:4 today: 'Let the nations be glad & sing songs of joy. Through your right ways, you will bring justice to all people and guidance to all nations,' (FNV). This MLK day may we recommit to God's vision for justice as spoken in Dr King's dream. Justice is my work today.
January 19, 2026 at 1:28 PM
In Ps. 67:4 today: 'Let the nations be glad & sing songs of joy. Through your right ways, you will bring justice to all people and guidance to all nations,' (FNV). This MLK day may we recommit to God's vision for justice as spoken in Dr King's dream. Justice is my work today.
“Cui bono” continues to be an excellent starting point for critical review of policy positions, and “follow the money” a similarly useful tool for mapping the maintenance of oppressive systems.
The author of a controversial memo from centrist think tank Searchlight telling Democrats to abandon the slogan “Abolish ICE” is a senior advisor for WestExec, a D.C. shadow lobbyist for corporations in the defense, surveillance, and immigration enforcement industries.
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Author of ‘Don’t Say Abolish ICE’ Memo Is a Corporate Consultant - The American Prospect
Blas Nuñez-Neto is a senior adviser to WestExec, a shadow lobbyist for defense and tech firms.
prospect.org
January 19, 2026 at 2:41 PM
“Cui bono” continues to be an excellent starting point for critical review of policy positions, and “follow the money” a similarly useful tool for mapping the maintenance of oppressive systems.
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This isn’t immigration policy. It’s a business model.
ICE keeps growing, not because it makes America safer, but because corporations are raking in billions off cages, bodies, and suffering. ICE’s existence is a massive revenue stream.
ICE keeps growing, not because it makes America safer, but because corporations are raking in billions off cages, bodies, and suffering. ICE’s existence is a massive revenue stream.
January 19, 2026 at 3:05 AM
This isn’t immigration policy. It’s a business model.
ICE keeps growing, not because it makes America safer, but because corporations are raking in billions off cages, bodies, and suffering. ICE’s existence is a massive revenue stream.
ICE keeps growing, not because it makes America safer, but because corporations are raking in billions off cages, bodies, and suffering. ICE’s existence is a massive revenue stream.
I’m old and easily distracted, but if you thought that I had exhausted the musical settings for Psalm 130, well, you thought wrong.
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Psalm 130 LYRIC (2023) Sons of Korah
YouTube video by Sons of Korah
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January 19, 2026 at 3:59 AM
I’m old and easily distracted, but if you thought that I had exhausted the musical settings for Psalm 130, well, you thought wrong.
youtu.be/6EfdqnbjXNk?...
youtu.be/6EfdqnbjXNk?...
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1/ Something which I don't think gets articulated clearly often enough is that a system where countries generally respect international sovereignty and territorial integrity is not pure charity or morality by the United States, but in its direct interests.
Despite it being the strongest bear.
Despite it being the strongest bear.
January 17, 2026 at 10:24 AM
1/ Something which I don't think gets articulated clearly often enough is that a system where countries generally respect international sovereignty and territorial integrity is not pure charity or morality by the United States, but in its direct interests.
Despite it being the strongest bear.
Despite it being the strongest bear.
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It’s been 28 days since the Epstein files were supposed to be fully released.
January 17, 2026 at 4:01 AM
It’s been 28 days since the Epstein files were supposed to be fully released.
January 16, 2026 at 4:32 AM
